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Friday, 27 January 2017
Which Premier League club has the strongest worldwide fanbase?
It is now estimated that 1.2 billion people follow Premier League
clubs worldwide with Manchester United having the strongest global
support with 95 million fans, according to a new study.
Current Chelsea manager Antonio Conte became the fifth Italian to
lead the club when he arrived in the summer, a trend that could
explain why the highest concentration of the Blues’ 75 million followers
come from the home of Serie A.
Interestingly, Luis Suarez’s impact on former club Liverpool is still
proving it’s worth in his native Uruguay as Reds fans outweigh the
global average by an incredible 600% in terms of concentrated followers.
The study was compiled by Unibet and compiles all Facebook Audience Insights into football support.
You can scroll through the interactive map below to find more details about your specific club.
The highest concentration of Arsenal fans, for example, can be found
in Africa, more precisely from Ethiopia, followed by Kenya and Uganda: